Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, October 14, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–5 on Wednesday, October 14, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Bruins outshot the Blackhawks 39–31.
Normand Leveille scored twice and Rick Middleton scored twice. Tim Higgins, Doug Wilson, Peter McNab, Reg Kerr, Tom Lysiak, Steve Kasper, Denis Savard, Keith Crowder and Mike O'connell also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 31 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Normand Leveille (1)Terry O'Reilly (2), Tom Fergus (2)1–000:36 BOS
Rick Middleton (3)Brad Park (4), Ray Bourque (4)2–008:05 BOS · 
Tim Higgins (2)Keith Brown (3), Al Secord (3)2–113:01 CHI · 
Doug Wilson (3)Bill Gardner (2), Glen Sharpley (1)2–216:12 CHI
2nd period
Peter McNab (4)Brad Park (5), Wayne Cashman (2)3–202:09 BOS · 
Reg Kerr (1)Darryl Sutter (1), Tom Lysiak (1)3–304:27 CHI- Rick Middleton (4)Ray Bourque (5)4–305:07 BOS
Tom Lysiak (2)Reg Kerr (1), Jerome Dupont (1)4–411:14 CHI
Steve Kasper (1)Keith Crowder (2), Wayne Cashman (3)5–413:22 BOS
Denis Savard (3)Al Secord (4), Jerome Dupont (2)5–513:59 CHI- Normand Leveille (2)Brad Park (6)6–518:45 BOS
3rd period
Keith Crowder (1)Steve Kasper (2)7–512:26 BOS
Mike O'connell (3)Unassisted8–519:59 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSCHI
3931
0%0%
2/21/1
24
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:10 into the first period
Doug Crossman · hooking2 min - 11:28 into the first period
Ray Bourque · hooking2 min - 1:01 into the second periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 38 | 7 | .816 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |